Facts and Figures

HMS By the Numbers

• Total faculty: 11,436
• Tenured and tenure-track faculty on the HMS campus in 10 preclinical departments: 187
• Voting faculty on campus and at affiliates: 5,924
• Full-time faculty on campus and at affiliates: 9,379
• Nobel Prizes (cumulative) in Medicine or Physiology, Peace: 9 prizes, 15 recipients
• National Academy of Medicine members (current): 150
• National Academy of Sciences members (current): 74
• Howard Hughes Medical Institute (current):
  • Investigators: 32
  • Faculty Scholars: 6
• Total MD students: 719
• Total PhD students: 875

MD-PhD students (included in MD and PhD counts)

• Basic Sciences: 164
• Social Sciences: 19
• Total DMD students: 137
• Total MMSc students: 168
• Total MBE students: 42
• Total MBMI students: 25
• Total DMSc students: 30
• Trainees: (residents and postdoctoral fellows): 8,833

Students

Entering MD students, 2017

• MD (includes 13 MD–PhD students): 165
• Applicants: 6,749
• Admitted: 235 (3.5%)
• Matriculated (includes 13 MD-PhD students): 165
• Men: 84 (51%)
• Women: 81 (49%)
• Underrepresented in medicine (African-American, Native American, Hispanic, Mexican-American): 33 (20%)
• Asian: 56 (34%)

Additional entering students, 2017

• PhD: 146
• DMD: 35
• MMSc: 84
• MBE: 32
• MBMI: 17
• DMSc: 10
• Additional joint-degree programs:
  • MD-MBA
  • MD-MPH
  • MD-MPP
• Medical school alumni: 9,923 (MD and MMSc degrees)

MD Financial Aid (Fiscal Year 2017)

• Average scholarship: $46,250
• Annual unit loan:
  • $33,950 (entering students)
  • $33,050 (2nd year students)
  • $30,400 (3rd year students)
  • $28,300 (4th year students)
• Students receiving financial aid (excluding MD–PhD students): 73%
• (2015-16) Students graduating with loans: 105
• (2015-16) Average loan debt at graduation: $101,478
• Range of debt (Class of 2016): $6,465–$280,197

Tuition and Fees (2016 - 2017)

• Tuition: $58,050
• Fees: $4,311

Tuition and Fees (2017 - 2018)

• Tuition: $59,800
• Fees: $4,272